For New and Expecting Mamas
Less information. More peace.
A warm, supportive space to quiet the outside noise, trust yourself, and move through pregnancy and early motherhood with greater calm and confidence.
Mindfulness • Yoga• Childbirth Education • Parenting Support • Community
Your baby doesn't need you to be perfect. Your baby needs you to be present.
YOU'RE PREPARING FOR ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES OF YOUR LIFE...
And suddenly, everyone has an opinion.
What you should eat. How you should exercise. Where and how you should give birth. How your baby should sleep. How you should feed them. What kind of parent you should be.
There's more information available to mothers than ever before.
And somehow, that hasn't made motherhood feel any easier.
For many women, it's created even more anxiety, second-guessing and pressure to get everything "right."
Too much information. Not enough peace.
What if you had somewhere to step away from all that noise?
Somewhere to breathe.
Move your body.
Ask your questions.
Connect with other mothers.
And remember that underneath all the advice, opinions and expectations...
You already carry more wisdom than you realize.
A MODERN VILLAGE FOR MOTHERHOOD
Pregnancy and early motherhood were never meant to be navigated alone.
Studio 138 is a warm, nonjudgmental online space created to support you through pregnancy, birth, postpartum and the beautiful, messy beginning of motherhood.
Come exactly as you are.
Come tired.
Come anxious.
Come in your pajamas.
Come with questions.
Come with your nursing baby.
Turn your camera off if you need to.
Pause halfway through yoga to feed your little one.
Miss something live? Watch the recording when life allows.
This space is designed around your life as a mother, rather than expecting your life to fit around it.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO COME BACK TO YOURSELF
Mindfulness + Meditation
Short, accessible practices to quiet your mind, calm your nervous system and create moments of peace in the middle of real life.
Prenatal Yoga
Gentle movement created specifically for pregnancy, helping you connect with your changing body, your breath and your baby.
Postpartum Yoga
Supportive movement for recovering, reconnecting and slowly finding your way back into your body after birth.
And yes, babies are always welcome.
Childbirth Education
Prepare for birth with practical education, decades of experience and the confidence to make informed decisions that feel right for you and your family.
Intuitive Eating
Explore your changing relationship with food and your body while learning to trust the wisdom and signals already within you.
Parenting Support
Bring your questions, worries, wins and "Is this normal?!" moments into a supportive space where you don't have to figure everything out alone.
THE THREAD RUNNING THROUGH ALL OF IT?
Letting Go of Perfect.
Maybe you've caught yourself wondering:
Will I be a good enough mom?
What if I make the wrong choices?
What if birth doesn't go according to plan?
Why does everyone else seem to have this figured out?
Am I doing enough?
Perfectionism has a way of turning even beautiful moments into another opportunity to question ourselves.
And motherhood gives our inner critic an endless supply of material.
M.J.'s work is about helping you soften that voice.
To stop measuring yourself against impossible standards.
To reconnect with your own instincts.
And to discover that being a wonderful mother doesn't require having all the answers.
Your child doesn't need a perfect mother.
They need you.
Present. Loving. Human.
MEET M.J.
A Little More "Auntie Grandma." A Little Less Internet Advice.
Hi, I'm M.J.
I'm a mindfulness teacher, recovering perfectionist, mother and stepmother of five adult children, grandmother of two, and these days, as my five-year old grandson dubbed me, an "Auntie Grandma."
I've practiced mindfulness for more than 36 years, and long before becoming a mindfulness teacher, I spent years walking alongside families as a doula, childbirth educator and midwife.
I later returned to college in midlife to study psychology at Smith College, where I focused on perfectionism.
And today, I'm watching my own daughter navigate motherhood while I get the enormous privilege of being a grandmother.
I've seen motherhood from a lot of different angles.
And one thing has become increasingly clear to me:
Mothers don't need more people telling them what they're doing wrong.
They need places where they feel safe enough to slow down, ask questions, trust themselves and remember that they're already enough.
That's the kind of space I'm here to create.
Think of me as another trusted woman in your village.
Someone who's been around the block a few times, has some wisdom to share, and will never expect you to have it all figured out.
CHOOSE THE SUPPORT THAT FEELS RIGHT FOR YOU
Join the Membership
Your ongoing village through pregnancy + early motherhood.
Join live mindfulness practices, prenatal and postpartum yoga, childbirth education, parenting conversations, intuitive eating sessions and a growing library of resources you can access whenever you need them.
Start with Perfectly Imperfect
A Free 60-Minute Workshop for New + Expecting Parents
Quiet self-doubt, soften perfectionism and discover simple mindfulness practices for approaching parenthood with greater calm and confidence.
Work Privately with M.J.
Sometimes you need a space that's completely yours.
Private coaching gives us the opportunity to go deeper into whatever you're navigating, including pregnancy, postpartum, perfectionism, intuitive eating, mindfulness, parenting and more.
NOT A NEW OR EXPECTING MAMA?
Struggling With Perfectionism?
Perfectionism has been at the heart of M.J.'s work for years, and she continues to work privately with people who want to quiet their inner critic, loosen impossible expectations and live with greater self-trust and compassion.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT ALONE.
There will always be another book to read.
Another podcast to listen to.
Another expert telling you what you should be doing.
Sometimes what you need isn't more information.
Sometimes you need somewhere to exhale.
Somewhere to move.
Somewhere to ask the question.
Somewhere to be reminded that you're doing better than you think.
Somewhere to come back to yourself.
Welcome to your village.
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